New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday accused a “senior leader” of a rival party of conspiring to plant fake stories against some AAP candidates in the media and said they would lodge a complaint with the Election Commission.
Terming it as a “desperate attempt” by the opposition, the AAP chief claimed that such attempts were made in the past as well.
“Last yr, farzi (fake) stings were shown against 6 of our candidates a few days before elections to defame us (sic),” Kejriwal said in a series of tweets.
He expressed apprehension that “similar conspiracies” are being planned to malign the party before the upcoming elections.
“A senior leader, famous 4 planting stories, has hatched conspiracy against some AAP candidates n they will plant farzi stories in media (sic),” he said.
Kejriwal also said the party was lodging a complaint with the Election Commission over the issue.
“But Delhiites won’t believe it. They know this is last desperate attempt of our opponents who r losing badly.We are making a complaint to EC also,” he tweeted.
Nearly a year after the city was brought under President’s Rule, Delhi is going to polls on February 7. Results will be out on February 10.
At the Patparganj rally, which was also the party’s latest round as part of its Delhi Dialogue, Kejriwal claimed that some BJP leaders had called him to say that they would work together to defeat Kiran Bedi.
“Some BJP leaders called me and told me ‘Arvindji, you don’t worry, we together will ensure that Kiran Bedi gets defeated’,” he said.
Making a strong pitch for AAP, he said that if the party came to power here, he will make Delhi India’s “first corruption-free state”.
“After February 10 [day of poll results], we, the people of Delhi, will make Delhi the best city in the world,” he said.
Kejriwal also sought to allay apprehensions that the Lokpal Bill was no longer on the party’s agenda and said that AAP will pass the Jan Lokpal Bill if it wins power.
“We have not forgotten the Lokpal Bill. We will pass the Jan Lokpal and Swaraj Bill after coming to power in Delhi,” he said.
Addressing a rally at Jhilmil colony in the Shahdara constituency, he charted out the road map of governance if AAP was voted to power.
“I have chalked out a plan for running the government for five years which would end the woes of the common man,” he said, adding that a team of “experts” has prepared the blueprint for the same over the last five months.
“For women’s security, we will install CCTV cameras across the city. We will ensure availability of free Wi-fi all over Delhi. We will also provide one security guard on each bus to prevent eve-teasing,” he said.
